La Victorieuse

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La Victorieuse

Post by shipstamps » Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:44 pm


A well-designed air stamp issued by Peru has, oddly enough, an old wooden-built French battleship as a subject. The stamp is one of a set commemorating a French exhibition held at Lima last September-October. The warship and her commander, Admiral Dupeltit Thouars, played an important part in preventing Lima from being sacked and pillaged during the war between Peru and Chile of 1879-82, thus the design is appropriate for the occasion. The warship, La Victorieuse, was classified as a cuirasse de croisere and built at Toulon in 1875. She had a central battery and barbette, and displaced 4,176 tons on dimensions of 258.2ft. x 48.9ft. x 22.5ft. This singular warship had a wooden hull protected by a 6-in, armour-plated belt. Her principal armament consisted of six, 24-c.m. 16-ton guns; one 19-c.m. 8-ton gun and six of 14-c.m.
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Re: La Victorieuse

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Apr 26, 2018 8:18 pm

More on this ship is given: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ir ... ictorieuse

1900 Renamed in SEMIRAMIS
09 March 1900 stricken.
1904 Broken up.
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